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As a rule, smaller, better venues at higher prices will succeed as compared to larger, worse venues, even those that are so big that there will be very inexpensive tickets available there. Bruno Mars in Las Vegas in a 3,000-seat house should command some pretty decent prices, and a lot of people will walk out of that show having been dazzled by their experience. I see this trend continuing and extending. Someone will build a 400-seat venue that delivers...

I’ve said this before and time has only made it clearer that I was right: The NFL has a problem with the in-stadium experience. The ingenuity shown by the Seahawks in using undercover security who will be dressed as opposing team fans is great. But it shouldn’t be necessary. Clean up the in-stadium experience, or game attendance will slowly trend down, as it has in the three years since I first warned about this.Take a look at the Los...

I wrote an article in 2010 about whether or not live entertainment is an industry. (The answer is “yes.”) Today, I’m asking how that industry is doing.For a long time, I’ve been saying that Live Entertainment is fundamentally healthy, and I still believe that. When I hear people bemoaning the business, I frequently ask them what business they’d rather be in. Aside from fad or hype-driven sectors, few places exist in the world of entertainment and media that are reliable,...

I saw this show when it included dinner and was in the Meatpacking District. Now that it’s moving to Midtown and dropping dinner, it’s less of an immersive experience, but I still think you should go if you can. Here’s the part I thought was most interesting about the article:“Our audience surveys and phone surveys showed that people didn’t really value the meals, and at each ticket price level, people said they would’ve still bought tickets without the meals,”...